#龍が如く極

[saltyemoil]

Beauty and the Beast

[kuukihashigo]

龍が如く極

錦…

なんか登場人物みんなでいろんなボタンのかけ違いして行くとこまで行ったという感じ。悲しい…。

バトルスタイルはチンピラ、壊し屋、ラッシュを使用。真島とはいうほどエンカウントせず。お金は溜まりやすかったけど使い道はキャバぐらいしかなかったかな…。百万ぐらい余らせたまま終わった。

[skwc]

okita no nii san......

[pondedirty]

2023.02.22の記録。

龍が如く維新極と一緒に届いたキャライメージ香水、土方のがめちゃめちゃ好きな匂いで嬉しい！ボトルもカッコいい！

[binarystar1]

10月小结

好吧，本来也没有这种习惯，可能是借着万圣节的劲儿就写了。

・工作

那天突然被外包的PM问续约到年末可不可以，我说OK，顺便反问了一下年末还会不会继续续约。外包的PM跟我说对方没有跟他提。emm怎么说呢，突然就让我感到很惊慌。我一直以为是这个项目倒闭了或者对方觉得我能力不足才会选择不继续续约。但是这样看来，似乎也有预算原因被裁掉的可能性。

于是火速找起了下一份工作，谁知道当时正在迷恋暗荣的游戏，就偶然发现暗荣在招人。一开始想试试中途采用的，结果发现他们新卒采用我竟然还符合资格。兴致冲冲应聘了光荣，结果又光荣地被告知ES不通过。说实在打击还挺大的。因为想要报名的是很符合我现在的工作的内容。但又想想，1.报名报晚了，一般人早在去年年末或者今年年初就进入选考了。虽然还可以提交ES之类的，也没明确说截止招聘，但估计已经是��了，除非特别优秀的人员横空出现才会给机会。2.自身年龄不小，虽然符合新卒的条件，多少估计还是会变成减分项目。3.大学学的，专门学的都不一样，而且跟想要应聘的职业差很大，给人一种人生规划混乱的感觉。4.单纯ES写的很烂，没有特别吸引人的点。暗荣落了后一年之内不可再次报名的……只好找别人家的新卒招聘。发现大多数要么停止招聘，要么进入25年选考，25年选考的毕业年限限制都是最早23年毕业才可以申请。大手企业基本上是不可能了。其实就算试了也是可能性渺茫，毕竟自己真的就是个普通人，什么拿手的都没有，所谓拿手的日语，那又怎么能比得过日本人。

但是我还是会不断试下去的。直到真的无法再投递的时候。

前些天同事突然跟我说，如果有意愿的话，可以帮忙暗示转正到其他项目组，我们这个项目组是真的没有hc，但是现在我们在帮忙的项目组很有可能有。

最近坐在我附近的人也走掉好多，有一个天天早上跟我打招呼的老哥离职了。还有一些人也不在这里工作了，有可能是跳到其他项目组去了，也有可能是真就离职了。感到了公司的一点动荡，心中又埋下了不安的种子。

・万圣节

只在微博上看到别人的万圣节怎样怎样。淮海中路因为人多都封站了。当然也只是听说。毕竟这生活中毫无万圣节的氛围。我和我姐两个人都在外企也一点没有万圣节氛围。每到这种节假日就会想起在日本的时光。那个时候不管是哪里都有万圣节的氛围。就连学校也有老师们悄悄挂起的装饰。一般万圣和圣诞都是提前一个月就开始疯狂烘托氛围。过着普普通通的一天，但是看着街上的景色在变化，心情就会好起来。我真的好喜欢好怀念在日本的日子。真的还有机会回去吗……

・10月的游戏记录：

之前单独写过repo的就不赘述了。

★如龙 极

久闻大名，库里面有全系列作品，却第一次摸。���，積みゲー太多了没办法。

（下有剧透）

评论里说，放着全街都在夸的老板娘不管，两个人为了一个7分女斗的你死我来的。这个评论算是说出我的心声。虽然吧这个7分女的形容不咋好，但确实有这种感觉，老板娘更漂亮好不啦。美月就是由美这点基本上已经猜到了。不过我一开始还以为由美是被锦山强上了意外生子才消失掉的。还好没我想的那么狗血。结果跟了另外一个陈世美再世生的孩子也真是无语死了。桐生一马真的绝世好男人，太涩了吧这肌肉。据说还是童贞男。确实给我一种疯狂散发荷尔蒙却不近女色的感觉，该懂得都懂，但就是没实践过。真岛是真爱吧，绝对是。真岛都为了桐生一马去做女招待了！

ヒマワリ是风间老爹设立的孤儿院，是给被他杀掉父母的孩子设立的。这个设定我虽然没猜到，但是真的很日剧，听到之后没觉得震惊。确实是日剧会发生的情节。

100亿原来是由美跟风间跟三代目一起偷的。

整体上剧情我觉得OK，手感还不错，就是偶尔会被暴打很不爽。遇到混混来纠缠的几率挺大，大部分时候能甩掉，但是迎面而来的时候就只好接招。真岛系统还不错，可惜我没做完全部的任务。支线除了要打竞技场的那几个全都做了。有些支线还会解释主线���的疑惑，所以还蛮推荐的。小学生喜欢玩的那个石头剪刀布的卡牌，艾玛，真的是小学生喜欢的吗，好成人向哦。

不过感觉到最后「堂島の龍」那个招式我都没用过几次……反而在想为什么要开那么多……可能只是单纯的想把圆环填满或者见见真岛罢了。手感确实感觉不如其他三个……

・10月的影视记录：

★汪汪队立大功大电影2：超能大冒险

难得看一次电影，跟父母用之前发的电影票去看的。因为国庆没什么好片子，最后只好选择这个。很商业的儿童片。

★比弗利娇妻

啧啧，没想到疯狂的补了三季。想说的都在图里，其实还有很多话当时没写下。现在感觉也没必要写了。

・10月的外食记录：

★港餐：

便宜好吃yyds

★韩餐：

量意外的大。有点咸…最后打包回家了。

★FF14 咖啡：

奥利奥那个咖啡味很浓，所以有点苦。南瓜的是热的，没什么南瓜味。贤者特饮微妙……秋季园艺工特饮太淡了。

意外抽到了大汉堡！味道还不错，面包太大看着吓人。里面炸的部分应该是鱼肉。好像还有牛肉？

・11月的娱乐项目：

影视：当家姐姐 / 高达X / RHOBH 13季

书籍：沉默的魔女 3 （因为只在通勤路上看，感觉能看到月末，慢速阅读中）

游戏：猛獣使与王子殿下（其实不长，但照现在的速度感觉需要半个月…）

[theashenphoenix]

土方歳三 • 龍が如く 維新! 極 HIJIKATA TOSHIZO • LIKE A DRAGON ISHIN! KIWAMI

↳ for the lovely @refinedstorage 💗

[murmaider]

NAGAKURA SHINPACHI | SAEJIMA TAIGA

龍が如く 維新！極 | Like a dragon Ishin! Kiwami

[agnerd-bot]

Fate Fanservant: Awilix, Forgotten Goddess of the Moon(Archer)

(Thanks to Erineas on Twitter for this fantastic commission!)

Ascension Stages:

First Stage: Dressed in a white shirt with silver, green and gold patterns, with red and white striped jeans. On her head is a black hat with a similar silver, green, and gold pattern, and over her shirt is a black poncho with repeating patterns of quetzals, jaguars, and eagles. Part of her white hair is pulled into a braid along the side of her head, and the rest is left to flow back freely. In her left hand is an atlatl, and in her right is a spear tipped with obsidian.

Second Stage: The poncho is replaced by a shorter quechquemitl, and a skirt and belt replaces the jeans. A crown of feathers sits atop her head, and a cloak of jaguar skin hangs over her back. Her shoulders, arms, and shins are covered with patterned armor, and part of her face is covered with a helmet that covers part of her eyes. The atlatl is replaced with a blowgun.

Final Stage: Her form has shifted from that of a human to a Nagual, in her case a were-jaguar with the spots resembling swirling galaxies. She retains both the cloak and the crown, but she eschews any weapons in favor of her teeth and claws. Her hair flows freely behind her, and her eyes glow a deep jade as a lunar eclipse hangs behind her.

Theme:

Story Theme: Bounty Hunter

Regular Battle Theme: The Megas - The Belmonts (Skulls) - 01 Cracked Skulls

Grand Battle Theme(Awilix-Yaxche): Madara Song - "Can't Go Back" | FabvL ft DizzyEight & Sinewave Fox [Naruto]

Grand Battle Theme(Awilix VS Kukulkan): 龍が如く極 - For Who's Sake

Traits:

Class: Archer

Alternate Class: Lancer, Caster, Avenger

True Name: Awilix

Source: Mayan Mythology(The Popol Vuh)

Region: Guatemala

Alignment: Lawful Good Attribute: Sky

Known as: Xbalanque, Auilix, Awilix-Yaxche, Goddess of Death, Queen of the Night Sky, Mayan Hero Twin, Goddess of Sickness, The Usurper Lostbelt King

Voice Actress: Mikako Kumatsu

Deck: QABBB

Parameters: Strength: B Endurance: A+ Agility: A++ Mana: B+ Luck: C NP: EX

Passive Skills:

Incarnation of the Sun and Moon A:

In legend, Awilix and her mortal incarnation Xbalanque were said to have embodied both the moon and the sun. As a goddess, Awilix was the queen of the night sky, with dominion over everything that happened underneath the cover of night. As a mortal, Xbalanque was given the name 'Hidden Jaguar Sun', and it is said that he and his brother Hunahpu became the sun and moon after their conquest of Xibalba.

After the death of her twin Tohil, Awilix became the living manifestation of both the moon and sun, controlling the path the celestial bodies take across the sky. Through Awilix, life begins and ends, and through Awilix, life prospers and collapses.

(FGO Effect:) -Increases own debuff resistance by 20%. -Increases party's debuff success rate by 8% while self is on the field.

Divinity of the Dead God A+:

After killing Ah Puch and the Twelve Lords of Xibalba, Awilix became the supreme goddess of death itself, holding complete dominion over the dead. Even a fellow Mesoamerican god of the dead, Xolotl, admitted that her power far surpassed his in this state, and the Lord of the Dead, Baron Samedi, noted that even as Grand Caster, his chances at winning a direct engagement were likely to end in Awilix's favor so long as she had the fame bonus in her home territory.

Indeed, so long as death exists as an idea, Awilix reigns supreme as the ruler of all that is dead.

(FGO Effect:) -Increases own damage by 280. -Increases damage against 'God of Death' enemies by 20% -Reduces damage taken by 'Undead' and 'Divine' enemies by 500.

Active Skills:

Pok-ta-Pok A+:

As well as having domain over sickness, death, and the moon, Awilix is the goddess of the Mesoamerican ballgame known as Pok-ta-Pok, or Pitz. Her human incarnation, Xbalanque, and his twin brother Hunahpu, were beloved by their town's people for their unmatched athleticism and talent at the game, with the sport even leading to them defeating the Twelve Lords of Xibalba in the end.

As a Servant, this physical prowess manifests as a near-perfect body befitting a divinity, an evolved form of the Natural Body skill. Awilix has a form that does not age, reflexes beyond mortal ken, and is immune to any curse, illness, or interference with said divinity. Such is the natural state of one of the Tohil.

Naturally, Awilix is proud of her physical form, and will take any time she can to brag about both it and her talent at Pok-ta-Pok.

(FGO Effect:) -Increases own Buster performance for 3 turns. -Reduces own damage taken for 5 attacks, 5 turns. -Grants self Debuff Immunity for 3 times, 5 turns. -Increases own buff removal resistance for 3 times, 5 turns.

Jaguar Sun Xibalba EX:

A divine force equal to that of Zeus's own Authority of Lightning. After consuming both Kukulkan and Ah Puch, Awilix gained complete authority over life and death itself, able to do the impossible and restructure the very foundation of the Mayan Lostbelt to her whim by raising Xibalba into the heavens as a mirror to the world of the living. Having Authority over the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Earth itself, Awilix has the ability to shape the very universe as she sees fit, overriding even the Authorities of her fellow gods Ixchel, Chaac, Huracan, and Jacawitz easily if she so chooses.

The main drawback to this immense level of power is that Awilix expends incredible amounts of energy when using her Authority, requiring blood sacrifices from the Mayan people in order to hold the Lostbelt together, effectively making Awilix the lynchpin that the Lostbelt needs to survive.

(FGO Effect:) -Reduce all enemies' NP Gauge by one. -Charges own NP Gauge. -Recovers own HP. -Increases own damage for 5 attacks, 5 turns.

You Shall Conquer All the Nations A+:

The Tohil were the three patron gods of the K'iche' empire of Qʼumarkaj, consisting of Tohil, god of the sun, Jacawitz, god of the mountains, and Awilix, goddess of the moon. Through the gods, the K'iche's were blessed with the gift of fire, and their kingdom expanded to great heights, and in return, the K'iche' offered sacrifices to the Tohil of flesh and blood.

But every empire is destined to fall, and even one blessed by the gods is no different. The K'iche' kingdom fell, from rebellion, from invasion, and from conversion. The great capital of Qʼumarkaj was razed to the ground, and its kings were burned alive as a message to the survivors. In their forms of stone statues, the Tohil could do nothing to stop as their very identities were erased from the scriptures by the Spanish, becoming a mere footnote in the history written by the Spanish.

It is for this reason that Awilix fights. To return the K'iche' people to an era of prosperity. To return the gods to their rightful place in the heavens. To return the world as it was once before.

To be worshipped as the supreme god of the Maya, unquestioned and unstoppable.

(FGO Effect:) -Inflict Skill Seal on all enemies for 2 turns. -Inflicts Poison with 500 damage for 5 turns to all enemies. -Inflicts Toxic status for 5 turns to them.

Noble Phantasms:

Noble Phantasm: Qʼumarkaj Impact - Vengeance Falls from the Stars Above Rank: EX Maximum Targets: — Range: —

Classification: Anti-World

A Noble Phantasm that is the origin of Yù Tù's own Noble Phantasm, A Dream Realized - A Rabbit Riding the Moon. In myth, alongside being the goddess of the Moon, Awilix was also the patron deity of the Mayan Ball Game Pitz. Much like how Ishtar's An Gal Tā Kigal Shē takes the very concept of Venus and fires it like a bullet, Awilix's Qʼumarkaj Impact has her take the moon and compact it into a simple ball that she can kick around with ease. Once she finds her target, she launches her attack with incomprehensible speed and power. Even the Storm Border, with its incredible magical defenses, had its body torn through as if it was nothing.

It is the vengeance of a goddess who saw her nation burned to the ground, her temples ransacked, and her people slaughtered. The rage of a deity who seeks to undo her past mistakes, and rewrite the world as she sees fit, no matter what seeks to stand in her way.

(FGO Effect:) -Increases Buster Card Effectiveness(Activates first). -Remove Buffs from All Enemies (Activates first). -Deal Heavy Damage to All Enemies.

Noble Phantasm: Nagual K'ab'awil - Divine Path of the Animal Rank: EX Maximum Targets: 1 Range: —

Classification: Anti-Unit(Self)

In Mesoamerican religion, the Nagual is a being that can shift forms from a humanoid state into that of their tonal animal. While many feared the destructive nature of the Nagual, there are some that used their powers for good. Awilix in particular had two animal totems, the eagle and the jaguar, as well as having a certain Lunar Rabbit as her servant.

As a Nagual, Awilix can morph her body into a more animalistic state, her muscles growing larger, her skin being covered in jaguar's pelt, her back sprouting eagle's wings, and her personality shifting to a more monstrous mindset. While Awilix is infinitely more ruthless and sadistic in this state, she is far from an 'evil' god. Rather, she becomes a 'monstrous' god, an animal who will not relent until its territory is free of any who wish its partners harm.

In this state, she was even able to fight the immortal Camazotz to a standstill, while her mortal incarnation Xbalanque could only hope to hide from his wrath. After a battle that Yù Tù claims to have shook all creation, she was eventually able to overcome the bat god, managing to kill him permanently within Xibalba.

Noble Phantasm: Junalik Yaxche - The Roots of All That Live Rank: A++ Maximum Targets: ??? Range: ???

Classification: Anti-Lostbelt(Self)

The famous tree of life of Mayan mythology, composed of four separate trees planted in all four corners of the World, all surrounding a massive ceiba tree whose roots dug all the way into the deepest pits of Xibalba, and whose branches reached into all thirteen layers of heaven, akin to the Yggdrasil tree of Norse Mythology. It is said that the gods themselves descended into the realm of humanity by climbing down this sacred tree. Much like Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang and The Lion King's Rhongomyniad, it is a divine pillar that holds up one of the Textures of the world, in this case being the sacred tree that connects humanity to the afterlife.

As one of the children of the maize god and calabash tree Hun Hunahpu, and as a mortal who climbed into the heavens themselves and became the moon, Lostbelt King Awilix has attained some form of Authority over the Yaxche tree. She does not wield it as a weapon like Sun Wukong or Goddess Rhongomyniad, but rather draws directly from its power by consuming its fruits, and further enhanced the World Tree’s abilities by feeding it her Lostbelt's own Fantasy Tree, Andromeda. In times of desperation, Awilix can fully consume Yaxche in its entirety and in turn become the pillar that binds life, death, and the heavens. As Awilix-Yaxche, she becomes a divinity beyond divinity itself, ascending past the idea of a Divine Spirit and becoming a true god of the cosmos capable of shaping the universe as she pleases, capable of shattering the barrier between life and death itself and resurrecting her fellow gods to their fullest potentials.

"I am no mere goddess of the moon as you thought... I am Awilix, Queen of the Night Sky and Lord of the Dead. All things that die pass through me... And all things that return pass through me."

Noble Phantasm: Xquic Sol Muerto - Humiliation of Seven Macaw Rank: A Maximum Targets: 3 Range: 150,000,000 km

Classification: Anti-Army

A combination attack Noble Phantasm that can only be accessed if Awilix is summoned alongside her twin, Tohil. As the mortal Hero Twins of Mayan legend, Xbalanque and Hunahpu, the pair accomplished many legendary feats in their time, one of the most famous being the defeat of Seven Macaw, a bird demon who proclaimed himself to be both the sun and moon.. To this end, they used both their physical strength and incredible wits, ultimately ending in them robbing the monstrous bird of all his glittering teeth and shining gemstones, and proving definitively who the true embodiments of the sun and moon are.

This legend is inscribed in this tag-team Noble Phantasm, a brutal wrestling move taken straight out of Quetzalcoatl's book. Kukulkan charges in at lightspeed, knocking the opponent's legs from out under their feet, while Awilix charges in with a clothesline strong enough to decapitate any unfortunate Servant caught between the twins. Notably, it has a pronounced effect on gods of the sun and moon, and other similar divinities, as this technique reinforces the Authority of Tohil and Awilix as the ‘true’ sun and moon.

Voice Lines:

Summoned: So this is Chaldea... The organization dedicating to 'fixing' Pan-Human History. What? Oh it's nothing. Regardless, bow before me and praise my name, mortal. I am Awilix, goddess of sickness, death, and the night, sovereign over the K'iche' Maya and incarnation of the sun and moon.

Summoned(Clear Lostbelt 7: Popol Vuh): Tch... To think that I'd still end up in a place like this. The Throne of Heroes either has a sick sense of humor, or this is its idea of 'community service'. Hnn? You want me to introduce myself? Fine, fine. It's a pain in the ass, but it can't be helped. Servant, Archer. Awilix-Yaxche, the Moon that hangs above the Land of the Eternal Spring. No matter the era, no matter the place, the night sky will bless my people.

Level Up 1: It may not be to my particular tastes, but I suppose this is a passable offering. Very well, I accept this for now.

Level Up 2: Hmph. Is that all you have? C'mon, if that's all you got, then let's get some training in at least.

Level Up 3: Huh. It kinda tickles. ...why are you looking at me like that, human?

Level Up 4 (Third Ascension): No... This isn't nearly as satisfying. Give me something fresh. I want to feel the blood run down my chin.

Level Up 5 (Third Ascension): I suppose it can't be helped... But come on, you can't toss in some meat at least?

1st Ascension: Ngh! *crack* Ahhhh... That's much more to my liking. Kehahahahaha! Well? Aren't you impressed, human? C'mon, praise me, worship me! You stand before the almighty chief god, the embodiment of physical perfection! C'mon, let's go find a fleet or an army to crush! I want to test out this new Ascension properly!

2nd Ascension: I have to say... It's nice to be like this for a while. It reminds me of my time spent messing around with Hunahpu when we were younger. Back then it was just the two of us against all the gods, demons, and whatever else the world wanted to throw at us. Ahhhh... Is this what the mortals call 'nostalgia'? ...tch, what a pain.

3rd Ascension: It appears that your offerings have given me the strength to embrace my true Nagual nature. Behold me in my true glory. I am Awilix-Yaxche, the Usurper Lostbelt King, the forgotten goddess who stole the kingdoms of life and death from the Feathered Serpent. I am the god of the oppressed, the forgotten, and the denied. I am the god of both living and dead, night and day. Let all conquerors look upon my face and weep for their impending end, and let them all wither away before my gaze.

4th Ascension: ...I know that the empire I knew is gone. The nations of living and dead has fallen, the eclipse passed both mere moments ago and yet eternities long gone. But... The remnants of the kingdom that raised me still remain. The K'iche' Maya that raised me and my siblings from childhood, and ascended us to the realm of gods. Even if I am not blessed with offerings of flesh and blood, for the Lostbelt that I had lost, and for the Mayan People that remain... I will stand proud, with their memories forever in my heart. That is what it means to be a god.

Fight Start 1: Now this is my element!

Fight Start 2: You wanna take on a god, do you? Fine by me, let’s play!

Fight Start 3: A new victim, huh?! Fine then, I hope you don’t mind if I play rough!

Fight Start 4(Third Ascension): I’ll stain my hands… With your blood…

Fight Start 5(Third Ascension): When you step onto the court against me… You’ll find your arms are too short to box with God.

Skill 1(Pok-ta-Pok): Think you can keep up with me?

Skill 2(Jaguar Sun Xibalba): Reach for the heavens all you like, I will still be beyond your grasp!

Skill 3(You Shall Conquer All the Nations): Come on, just try to topple me!

Skill 4: You cannot escape the eye of the Jaguar… Hm? No, I didn’t say anything.

Command Card Select 1: ¡Sho! ¡Sho!

Command Card Select 2: I’ll make a mark right between your eyes!

Command Card Select 3: This will be fun!

Command Card Select 1(Third Ascension): Tooth and claw!

Command Card Select 2(Third Ascension): Blood and dust!

Command Card Select 3(Third Ascension): Night and day!

Noble Phantasm Select 1: Let’s play ball!

Noble Phantasm Select 2: No matter where you run or hide… The moon sees everything!

Noble Phantasm Select 1(Third Ascension): Another sacrifice laid bare for me to feast upon!

Noble Phantasm Select 2(Third Ascension): You cannot… escape from death!

Attack 1: C’mon, c’mon!

Attack 2: Haaaaa!

Attack 3: Can you keep up with my footwork?!

Attack 4: Too easy!

Attack 5: SEIIIIIII!

Extra Attack 1: I’ll blow you away! JAGUAR KNUCKLE!

Extra Attack 2: You cannot evade me! JAGUAR KICK!

Attack 1(Third Ascension): GRAAAAAAH!

Attack 2(Third Ascension): I’ll tear out your teeth one by one!

Attack 3(Third Ascension): SEIIIAAAAHHH!

Attack 4(Third Ascension): Game over!

Attack 5(Third Ascension): RAAAAAAGGHHHH!

Extra Attack 1(Third Ascension): Attempting to defeat me is as foolish as trying to end nightfall itself!

Extra Attack 2(Third Ascension): Run as much as you want! The night sky covers everything!

Noble Phantasm 1:

Higher, higher, higher...

That's what humanity wants, isn't it?

To climb as high as they can, up to even the moon and stars, where the gods reign?

Well, there's one difference that divides the human race from the gods...

Humanity... Is destined to FALL DOWN!

Now let me bring you all back to Earth!

Q'umarkaj Impact!

Noble Phantasm 2:

This is it! The end of your journey!

No matter what you try, no matter where you hide, I'll bury you all!

You're in my world now!

And under the night sky... I'll always win!

Q'umarkaj... IMPACT!

Noble Phantasm 3(Narrated by Taiga):

Ladies and gentlemen, I can't believe my eyes!

Awilix has ascended to the heavenly pitch!

She's setting up for another play...

It's a header headed straight for the enemy team!

Q'umarkaj Impact!!!

I feel sorry for those poor goalies…

Noble Phantasm 4(Narrated by Taiga):

Once again, the Goddess of Pok-ta-Pok takes the pitch!

Look at that phenomenal footwork!

Oh, what's this?! She's setting herself up for a press towards the goal!

Could it be...?! Yes, it's her signature strike!

Q'UMARKAJ IMPACT!!!

SHE SHOOTS, SHE SCORES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

Noble Phantasm 1(Third Ascension):

If my kingdoms are destined to fall then let me spit in the face of destiny!

If my fate is to be forgotten by mankind, then let me defy fate itself!

Nothing, god or man, will stand in the way of my future!

Nagual K'ab'awil!

Noble Phantasm 2(Third Ascension):

I am the Stone Beast God of the Mayan Kingdoms.

I am the Hidden Jaguar Sun that conquered Xibalba.

I am Death! And you will not escape my wrath!

Bare thy neck, and become the blood that feeds my altar!

Nagual K’a’awil!

Noble Phantasm 3(Third Ascension):

Behold, the last sight you will ever see…

HRRRRAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!

I’LL TEAR YOU TO PIECES, AND EAT YOUR HEART!

NAGUAL K’AB’AWIL!

Damage from Noble Phantasm: ¡Puta la wea, perra, te voy a matar!

Regular Damage: ¡Sho!

Damage from Noble Phantasm(Third Ascension): GHHHHHHH!

Regular Damage(Third Ascension): You little-!

Defeated 1: Ngh…! No! No, I refuse to die here!

Defeated 2: I won’t… stop here…!

Defeated 1(Third Ascension): No… No, not again! It can’t happen like this again!

Defeated 2(Third Ascension): I can… go further than this…!

Victory 1: Haha! As expected, I won that game for us handily.

Victory 2: HAHAHAHAHA! Now that’s what I’m talking about! Come on, let’s move onto the next round!

Victory 1(Third Ascension): Thank you for the offering. I haven’t had that much fun in a while!

Victory 2(Third Ascension): No one can escape the gaze of the night sky… But you should’ve tried harder than that.

Bond Level 1: I am Awilix, one of the three gods created to serve the K'iche' Maya people. To be summoned as a Servant of Proper Human History is… unexpected for me, to say the least. Though I suppose it makes sense when you think about it… Either way, send me to crush your enemies and I will do so without hesitation.

Bond Level 2: Chaldea… An organization dedicated to 'fixing' humanity's past and ensuring that it all continues on as planned. ...hm? 'Is everything alright?' Hmph. What do you care? I am your Servant, you are the Master, isn't that right? What use does Humanity's Last Master have for conversing with their Servants?

Bond Level 3: Master, I can't help but ask… How does The World determine the 'correct' course of action for history to take? What makes this history 'Proper' Human History? Is it 'Proper' for the Spanish Empire to invade the Americas? Is it 'Proper' that they claimed an entire nation for themselves when the Mayan Empire was thriving and happy there? Is it 'Proper' for generations of people to be enslaved, slaughtered, and forced to abandon their history?! WELL?! ANSWER ME-! …I'm sorry. I just… … I'm sorry.

Bond Level 4: I suppose I owe you an explanation for my last outburst. I was a god born for one purpose: to watch over and guide the Mayan people, to be a god that served man as much as man served the gods. And then… Then I lost everything. To say that what happened is the 'right' course of action. To say that was the 'truth' of humanity's destiny. …I cannot accept that. I want to believe that there is a chance to make a future for the people I love. I want… I want them to love me again.

Bond Level 5: I will never accept what has happened in the past. The wrongs that have been done to me and my people. The losses of history, culture, and beliefs over time. I will never forgive the world for what it has done. …but I also understand that you're just like me in that sense. Another person fighting to preserve and save entire generations from being forgotten and destroyed. To that end, I suppose I can enjoy our time spent together.

Bond Level 5(Clear Interlude “From Xibalba With Love”): …did you know that you were not the first Master to summon me? There was another. A young girl who called on me to fight in a Holy Grail War. She was strong, if naive. Open, if not talkative. Kind, if not foolish. I enjoyed her company. I betrayed her in a desperate bid to regain my status as a true god. …like everything I've done in my life, it was all for nothing. I failed to claim my godhood, I failed to protect my Master, and I failed to be a hero. It's funny... I never had a second thought of the lives I’ve taken before, and yet, I can't help but think of her. I wonder what you'd think of me now, Mercedes… 

Dialogue 1: So many people wander these halls… Gods, men, friends, enemies, conquerors and conquered alike. I must wonder how Chaldea hasn’t become a smoldering pile of ash at this point…

Dialogue 2: I have to say, despite my legend involving outwitting the foes Tohil and I faced, I was never a quick thinker when it came to the arts… *sigh* A fact that my half-brothers never let me forget. It’s not my fault I never needed to learn that stuff!

Dialogue 3: Hey, you! Interested in a game? I’m gonna commandeer the simulator to see if we can set up a court. Go grab a handful of Servants, and we can let off some steam.

Dialogue 4(Bond Level 5): I know what it is like to live through the loss of your people… To lose everything you knew and love to a cruel and unjust invader. I won’t let you live through the same pain I did, Master. If I cannot secure the future for my people, then I can at least help you save your own.

Dialogue 5 (If you have Kukulkan): Tohil… No, you're not the same sun deity I grew up with, that much is obvious. Still... I can't help but feel the same comfort I had having my twin standing beside me. From one Lostbelt King to another, Kukulkan, I hope we can get along.

Dialogue 6 (If you have Baron Samedi): Him. Everywhere I go, that accursed Loa seems to follow me, mocking my every movement and every action! Fine then, if he seeks to poke at the Jaguar... Then I hope the fool is prepared to cut himself on my claws.

Dialogue 7 (If you have Yù Tù): Oh? Lamat is here as well? Yes, I remember my time with her fondly. After she broke into my house and accidentally made herself immortal, we spent quite a long time together. I suppose you could go so far and call her my daughter. …how time's gone by since then. Another thing this Proper Human History has taken away from me.

Dialogue 8 (If you have Xolotl): Oh yes, the twin brother of Quetzalcoatl. I suppose in some sense he's my counterpart from Aztec mythology. Then again, maybe it's Tezcatlipoca that fills that role. Or… Coyolxāuhqui? Daaagh! There's too many gods to keep track of! Isn't this Hun Batz and Hun-Chowen's territory?!

Dialogue 9 (If you have Hernán Cortés): So, that bastard from the Grail War in Jerusalem is here too? Last time we met, I was too weak to properly show my true strength against the self-proclaimed 'God Incarnate'. Now… Hehahahahhaha… Now, Master, I'd say it's time for some payback. I'll enjoy crushing his skull with my bare hands.

Dialogue 10 (If you have Jaguar Warrior): Taiga Fujimura… So this is my champion from Proper Human History. I must say, that costume of yours makes you look rather dashing.

Dialogue 11 (If you have Zipacna): Zipacna, have you come to challenge me? Heh, I understand, you weren't satisfied the way our last encounter ended. Fine then. But don't blame me after I cook you on a spit! C'mon, I'll let you reunite with your father and brother!

Dialogue 12 (If you have Fenrir Riding Hood): Oh? The little wolf seems to be looking my way. I suppose it makes sense, given I am the incarnate sun and moon. But I warn you, little girl… You may be a Beast of Humanity, but I alone am the apex predator here. So if you don’t wish to be eaten alive again, I suggest you run off.

Dialogue 13 (If you have Qin Shi Huang or Romulus=Quirinus): The Founding God-Kings, eh? Divinities that forged their own nations, reigning over them as gods. I feel like we could have a lot to talk about. …nah, it's probably for the best that I avoid them. I have a feeling that a conversation between us might get ugly.

Dialogue 14 (If you have any “Death” or “Underworld” related Servants): So, there are other divinities with Authority over death in Chaldea, are there? Hah! Maybe they'll be more of a challenge than those dullards in Xibalba. Or perhaps not.

Dialogue 15 (If you have Guan Yu): So humanity can make their own gods now? How fitting that a butcher of men would be the kind of person they'd deify. Then again, I wouldn't be opposed to seeing how well a god born of humanity stands up to the real deal. Haha! I've made up my mind, Guan Yu! Fight me, and let's see which god is truly worthy of worship!

Likes: There’s nothing better than a good game of pok-ta-pok to get the blood pumping, y’know? Though any type of sport is a good way to get everyone in a good mood. Well, unless you’re my half-brothers, but those furry bastards couldn’t know fun if it kicked them in the tail.

Dislikes: The idea of a ‘Proper’ Human History sickens me… Who decides that a culture is right? What force of the world decides the correct course of action for humanity? If I had the chance to choose… Ngh, nevermind, I’m going to go get some air.

About the Holy Grail: The Grail can grant me any wish I desire. I can reshape the world to befit my history. I could become a god ruling over humanity… Yes, if I had the chance, I would right the wrongs of the World and make a new empire of the Maya. An empire where the gods watch over mankind.

About the Holy Grail(Clear Interlude “From Xibalba With Love”): The Grail can grant me any wish I desire. I can reshape the world to befit my history, I could become a god ruling over humanity… And despite this, the only thing that comes to mind right now is that time in Jerusalem. …but no wish could ever grant me absolution for betraying her.

During an Event: It seems like a festival is going on! In that case, why don’t we join in? Even gods need to enjoy themselves from time to time.Birthday: It’s your birthday is it? Ahhhh, now I see, if that’s the case, let us be off! I know the other Servants seek to celebrate with you as well, but trust me when I say that I will make today an extraordinary celebration that no one, man or god, could ever hope to pull off!

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Awilix, one of the three Tohil in Mayan mythology, and the goddess over sickness, death, and the night. One of the three founding gods of the K'iche' Kingdom in Guatemala, one of the most powerful of the Mayan Empires, Awilix reigns supreme in the Guatemalan Lostbelt as the arbiter of both life and death, a divinity both the living and dead serve.

She is not a 'True' Lostbelt King like Ivan the Terrible or Zeus. Rather, she is a Servant summoned from Proper Human History to destroy the Lostbelt and defeat her twin, Kukulkan. However, she rebelled against the world's original intent, and instead assassinated Kukulkan to take the Lostbelt for herself, taking her sister's position as Lostbelt King.

She is Awilix-Yaxche, the Usurper Lostbelt King.

Bond Level 1:

Height/Weight: 186cm • 77kg 

Source: Mayan Mythology(The Popol Vuh)

Region: Guatemala

Alignment: Lawful • Good

Gender: Female-Presenting 

It is said that after the Tohil turned themselves into stone to become the guardian patrons of the K'iche' Maya, the gods Awilix and Tohil incarnated into mortal forms, becoming the Hero Twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque. After their father, Hun Hunahpu, was defeated and sacrificed by the Lords of Xibalba, the twins were born from Hunahpu's severed head impregnating the Blood Moon, Xquic. From the Xibalban Goddess, the greatest heroes of Mayan mythology were born, the living incarnation of the sun and moon itself.

As Awilix and Xbalanque are essentially one and the same person, the goddess of death has found a way to cheat the system of gods being impossible to be summoned normally, incarnating in her mortal form with her full Divinity intact.

"Hey, it's not cheating! It's being smart!"

It's totally cheating.

Bond Level 2:

In Proper Human History, the K'iche' Maya were gifted with three gods, Tohil, Jacawitz, and Awilix, who they were tasked with guarding and raising. In turn, the trio of divinities known as the Tohil would watch over and bless the Mayan people, gifting them fire, and protecting them from harm in exchange for offerings of blood. Awilix served as the patron goddess of the night sky, sickness, Pok-ta-Pok, and one of the many deities presiding over death. She was second only in authority to her sibling Tohil, who in some legends is the same deity as Qʼuqʼumatz, the K'iche' equivalent to the Yucatan region's Kukulkan.

As the Usurper Lostbelt King of the Guatemalan Lostbelt, Awilix reigns over the deities of the Mayan Pantheon as the sole ruler, taking over the Land of the Eternal Spring after slaying the most powerful gods of life and death. All beings, living and dead, recognize her authority and fear her wrath. With the Mayan people having this unquestioned power presiding over them, they soon spread outward, conquering the rest of Central America, before their influence gripped the entire planet, all while they praised the might of Awilix, the Eternal Eclipse.

Bond Level 3:

In another time and space, she was summoned in a Holy Grail War as a Lancer-Class. There, she only had a small fraction of her power, but was still a fearsome opponent. She dueled with conquerors, lords of death, former friends and former foes. She betrayed and was betrayed, and in the end, she failed to reach the dream she sought. While most Servants forget the wars they fight in, as a Divinity, each second she lived a reminder of how she failed as a goddess. Each wound, each loss, all of them a reminder of how far she fell.

Now, those slights against her serve as further motivation. A promise to avenge her losses and become the goddess that she was meant to be. To shackle the conqueror, to kill the immortal, and to show that even gods of death are as mortal as any man.

Bond Level 4:

The world is full of mirrors. Life and death. Sun and moon. Day and night. Health and sickness. The Maya recognized this, which is why in the Popol Vuh, many figures existed as part of a pair. Hun Hunahpu and Vucub Hunahpu. The Twelve Lords of Xibalba. The demons Zipacna and Cabrakan. And of course, the Hero Twins themselves, Hunahpu and Xbalanque.

In the Mayan Lostbelt, however, Awilix violated this existence of pairs by killing her twin and taking her Authority. The moon and sun were now one and the same. Life and death existed simultaneously. No longer were they a mirror, but rather, a concurrent existence. In turn, the balance of the world was left askew, all power concentrated into a single god. Even after granting other beings parts of her Authority, the Lostbelt was doomed to fall apart, something that Awilix simply could not allow.

So she became the pillar holding Xibalba, Earth, and Heaven together, becoming the entity known as Awilix-Yaxche that fastened all creation together. As a consequence, she became a lynchpin of the world forced to constantly consume her own people to keep existing, a monster that must constantly eat that she loves in order to save them.

Bond Level 5:

History is written by the winners. A phrase that has forever been passed down from generation to generation. To make one’s mark on the world, you have to write your story in the blood of those you conquered and subjugated. The K'iche' Maya were among those conquered, one of the many cultures and nations subjugated during Europe's Age of Exploration. The conquistadors came, burning their kings alive as an example, and razing the city of Qʼumarkaj to the ground.

Such was the course of mankind the World saw 'proper'. The once-great temples dedicated to the gods, now mere ruins. Their beloved sport, now banned for fear of their rituals. Their culture, ripped away, with only scraps left remaining. The gods, the kings, the people, all left forever scarred by the actions of the 'winners'.

Perhaps none were left more broken by this than the goddess of the night sky, Awilix. Raised by the very Mayan people themselves as one of the Tohil, she could do nothing as she watched the invasion of the Spaniards. How her people were raped, slaughtered, and put in chains. How their very existence was seen as 'barbaric', something to be ripped away and replaced with the Spaniard's own brutality. How they happily did it all in the name of 'salvation'.

As a Servant, Awilix's greatest wish is to undo this great tragedy. To become a 'winner' in her own right and have the chance to write a new history. To write a story where the conquered become conquerors, where the blood of the invaders flows freely ,and where the Maya rule over all.

She does not care if she became an enemy of the World to do so.

The World became her enemy first.

Extra (Clear Popul Vuh and Reach Bond 5):

As the Supreme Goddess of the Land of the Eternal Spring, she chose to walk among her people, descending from her throne to embrace the humanity she longed to oversee. She praised them, loved them, and cared for them, just at they had done for her long ago. But she could not save them. No matter what Authorities she gathered, no matter how much power she amassed, she could not save her Lostbelt from falling apart. Proper Human History was destined to eventually overtake her, no matter what power she amassed, no matter how many Servants she slew, the Mayan Empire would meet its end. 

Nevertheless, at the end of the world, when the Sun descended down to meet the Moon once again, she embraced it all with a smile on her face. It mattered not if she tore her body to shreds. It mattered not if her bones cracked beneath her fists with each blow. It mattered not if both Xibalba and Earth were shattering all around her.

As a goddess, it is her duty to protect the people that worshipped her.

And to remember those that have been lost.

"To my people, of both Proper Human History, and of the Lostbelt... Thank you for loving me... and for being loved."

Voice Lines(Lostbelt King):

Fight Start(First Battle): Well now, look who's right on time...

Fight Start (Decisive Battle): Once again, conquerors and raiders have come to my shores. I will fix the mistakes of the past, and claw out a future for my people and I!

Fight Start(Grand Battle): I am the tree that connects Heaven, Earth, and Xibalba, the pillar that holds this Lostbelt aloft. I am Awilix-Yaxche, the Goddess of the Maya! Come, Chaldeans, throw yourselves against me to try and reclaim your history, just as I have. Here and now, we will see whose future truly deserves to live on!

Fight Start(Final Battle): The world above me, the world below me, all coming crashing down... And yet I can't keep my eyes off of you. Ahahahaha... HAHAHAHAHAHA! Come on, Tohil! Let's settle this between us once and for all!

Skill 1: You will not evade me!

Skill 2: You will not escape me!

Skill 3: You will not deny me!

Attack 1(Grand Battle): Tremble as the night sky falls on your heads!

Attack 2(Grand Battle): Watch as the stars go out one by one!

Attack 3(Grand Battle): I'll make sure you won't come back from this!

Attack 4(Grand Battle): This is the end of your future!

Extra Attack(Grand Battle): I won't let this world end...! I'll destroy you all if I have to!

Attack 5(Final Battle): Too slow!

Attack 6(Final Battle): Hahahahaha! Come on, come on!

Attack 7(Final Battle): Come on, Tohil, you're getting sloppy!

Attack 8(Final Battle): I know you can take a hit better than that! Or have you just gotten too lazy?!

Extra Attack(Final Battle): Let's keep going... Until the world collapses all around us!

Noble Phantasm 1 (First Battle):

You've done well to make it this far, Chaldea.

You've faced gods, kings, demons, and horrors that defy all explanation.

How sad for you, that your story ends here!

Watch as the moon falls from the sky and crashes down on your heads!

Qʼumarkaj Impact!

Noble Phantasm 2 (Grand Battle):

This World… This History… It has trampled on me and the great kingdoms I helped build…

It has denied me and my peoples' history time and time again.

In turn... Let me deny the World its own history...

And from the corpses of my people, I will plant the seeds for a newer, greater era of prosperity!

JUNALIK YAXCHE!

Noble Phantasm 3 (Grand Battle):

From the four corners of the world, a single tree pierces through Heaven, Earth, and Xibalba.

From deep within the ground, out from the Land of the Trees, the great tree ascends.

Let's climb higher! Higher! Let us reach past the moon and stars into the edge of the universe!

Junalik Yaxche!

Noble Phantasm 4 (Final Battle):

Come on, Tohil! Don't slow down for even a second, because I want to make this last!

Let's solve this the only way we know how! With a final battle until the bitter end!

Q'umarkaj Impact!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Let's keep going until the end of time itself!

Damage from Noble Phantasm(First Battle): Weak.

Damage from Noble Phantasm(Grand Battle): Ghhh! I'm still... in control!

Damage from Noble Phantasm(Final Battle): Hehahahaha! Come on, is that the best you can do?!

Regular Damage(First Battle): That's just sad.

Regular Damage(Grand Battle): Ngh!

Regular Damage(Final Battle): Haha!

Defeated(Grand Battle): No... No, this isn't over! I won't let this be the end!

Defeated(Final Battle): Hunahpu... Tohil... Kukulkan... Hahaha... Can you forgive your stupid twin for all of this...? I just wanted to make a better future... But in the end, I couldn't manage that. All I did... was destroy everything.

[tarokro]

Character Introductions (Right-Left, Top-Bottom)

Okita Soji Hijikata Toshizo Nagakura Shinpachi Ito Kashitaro

From the Yakuza Ishin guidebook, 龍が如く 維新！完全攻略極ノ書

[nenbutsushuart]

The Buddhist Art of Nenbutsushu 佛教之王堂は佛法に基づいて建­­立され 建物全ての部位に、仏縁を結ぶ教えが込められています。

念佛宗 山門 天井画極彩色

世界最大の山門　迷える衆生を佛道へ招き入れる門 念佛宗総本山　山門　　高さ35.6ｍ（基壇、棟飾り込）、桁行（幅）34.5ｍ、梁��（奥行き）13.8ｍ 壁面を覆う龍の彫刻が、この門が登龍門であることを示しています。登龍門は、中国の黄河上流にある急流で、鯉が登って龍に変じるといわれ、煩悩にまみれた泥凡夫が、この門をくぐって浄らかな浄土へ到るのであります。 上段は日本建築史上初の六手先総詰組様式、下段は四手先総詰組様式です。正面の山号額は、高さ5.25ｍ、幅3.15ｍで、本畳に換算して10.2畳という日本一の大きさです。また、山門の両脇には、世界最大級の総漆塗りで中華人民共和国工芸美術大師（人間国宝）佘國平佛師制作の阿形・吽形の仁王像が配されています。仁王像は、世界最大級にして総漆塗り。山門の両脇から俗界を見渡し、悪を断じ善をすすめます。 山門上層には中華人民共和国工芸美術大師、黄文寿氏制作になる、「観経発起」の情景を彷彿させる、阿難尊者と目連尊者を従える釈尊像が安置されています。「観経発起」とは、釈尊が、王舎城の王妃韋提希夫人が我が子阿闍世により王宮の奥殿に幽閉されて救いを求める声を聞かれ、『法華経』の会座を中断、耆闍崛山から王宮に降臨され、教えを説かれて韋提希夫人を救われた故事です。 天井には、三阪雅彦画伯制作になる吽形の老龍及び瑞鳥の鳳と凰が描かれ、周囲は、佛法が伝来した古の時代に百済の文化をもって色とりどりに染められた奈良の都を彷彿させるが如く、韓国に一千四百年の長きにわたり伝えられてきた丹青技法保持者である韓国人間国宝・李萬奉大僧正猊下、及び、直弟子洪昌源師制作の彩色で彩られています。 （落慶時プレスリリースより）

Dancheong, seen inside the upper part of the Main Gate On the upper part of the Main Gate, an old dragon is painted by the master artist Mr. Masahiko Misaka. The surroundings are painted richly in full color by Most Ven. Lee Man Bong, a living national treasure of Korea, together with his head pupil Mr. Hong Chang Won, using Dancheong, the traditional painting technique inherited since ancient Korean Dynasty.

[kennak]

その国で違法になってしまうような最低限の表現への配慮はすべきと思う。が、今回の件、アドバイザーが活動家という話もある程度に極端に振れた話でもあるので、反発は当然と思う。ローカライズと殺菌は全然違う話。

[B! 宗教] セガが「龍が如く」のローカライズについてのインタビュー取材を���けたら外国のゲーマーから「ローカライズやめろ」と批判が殺到した話。翻訳だけでなくスカートの短さや宗教に配慮して改変が加えられる。

[saltyemoil]

The Koi, the morning after

[kuukihashigo]

龍が如く、突然の銃撃ゲームが始まって頭が真っ白。できない…。ここで詰むかも…。

いくらなんでも車から身を乗り出して短銃であんな…あんな…

[regendjyuuki]

Konban-nya! Thank you for coming to Yuuki's Yakuza Kiwami stream last night! Yuuki will have Rhythm Game Night at 9PM ET, so please come and support Yuuki🐈💤

おはにゃ！ユーキの龍が如く極配信を観てくれてありがとうにゃ！ユーキは10時に音ゲーナイトで色々な音ゲーを配信するにゃ！ユーキを観て応援してにゃ🐈💤

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[mugny]

ピコピコ

最近気になっているのはNight in the Woodsを作ったThe Glory Societyが制作発表したRevenant Hill。Rusty Lakeの新作Underground Blossom。龍が如くシリーズです。(極、0、ジャッジアイズ、ロストジャッジメントはチェックしました)

[iafshop]

いのち、ばんざい。

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いのち、ばんざい。

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＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝ 本展に関する４つの動画がyoutubeにて公開されています。

いのち、ばんざい。 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Nv8syTENs

プランクトンダンス https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyDdtBkHNnk

よるのかんだた うっすらと排除される「おっさん」という属性について https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5GnpN0LLtU

louper digger looper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFFif7LwFtw ＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝

色々、五月蠅いね。

だけど、あたしは、

ポリネシアの血族。海に浮かぶ島々の者。

８人産んでも２子しか生きて残せなかった祖霊の末の子。

だけど、あたしは、

一度は魔法使いになり、

高校卒業１３年目にして、

やっとこさ同級生の妻と再会し、

今は青年の一人の息子の親になった、

「うっすら嫌われる中高年のおっさん」。

だからこそ、あたしはブリジット・バルドーの側に立つよ。

あたしは、どうせ「色々分かっていないおっさん」だから、

おっさん臭いことしか思い付かないし。

ならば、いっそ、「おっさん臭さ」を引き受けて、

すごくベタに「天」と「人」と「地」のお話しをする。

「いのち、ばんざい。」

■　天（伴天連さんの話）：

「挑戦」って言葉を知ってるかい？

この島国と伴天連（バテレン）の話だよ。

最初の「挑戦」は戦国時代。「第一次挑戦」ってやつさ。

大海原を渡ってやって来たんだ。揉み手、摺り足、赤ら顔で。

でも、銃器の販売やら、人身売買やら、

伴天連同士のもめ事やら、色々あって、

お前ら、帰れって、叩き返しちゃった。

次の「挑戦」は幕末から維新。「第二次挑戦」ってやつさ。

真っ黒い船に乗って、煙モクモク、やって来たんだ。

漢字やめれ、アップデートしろ、神社、仏像打ち壊せとか、

色々やり過ぎて、嫌われて。案外、不人気。

パァとはしなかったね。

「俺らも案外とすげえ」とか逆に調子に乗られちゃうし。

近々の「挑戦」は大戦直後。「第三次挑戦」ってやつさ。

美しい、大きな銀色の飛行機でやって来た彼は、

コーンパイプをぷかぷか。

欧米様にはかなわねぇ。マッカーサー格好良いとか。

伴天連さん達、大チャンス。

天皇さんに聖書の講義したり、農業国に変えちゃうぞ、とか、

亜米利加さん、大盛り上がり。

でも、まあ、隣の半島やら、東の側やら、

ゴタゴタ、ピカピカ、どかんどかんで、

余裕無くなって、締め付け中途半端。

で、この島国のアップデート人口は１％程度。

しょぼいかぎり。

で、今。

「次にファシズムがやってくるとき、

　彼らは、「反ファシズム」を掲げてやってくるだろう。」

と、「ディミトロフなんとか」が言ったとか何とか言うけど、

四回目の「挑戦」は、どんな顔をして来るのかな？

もう来てるのかしらん？

「ソドムの街を火と硫黄で焼き払う」の、逆で来るのかな？

「産めよ、増えよ、地に満ちよ。」の、逆で来るのかな？

「天父神」、「長兄たる救世主」の、逆で来るのかな？

虹の橋を渡って来るのかな？「第四次挑戦」ってやつが。

ブロガー納言と、レディコミ式部と、

元祖バ美肉おじさん紀貫之と、古典ＢＬ信玄公と、

カルーセルと、明宏と、ピーターと、

おすぎとピーコと、デラックスと、マングローブと、

天宇受賣命と、阿国と、弥次喜多と、

全裸監督、村西とおると、

エロ屋／小説家／ニュースアンカー、紗倉まなと、

オスカルと、ジルベールと、

バンコランとひばりくんのこの島に。

また、来るのかな？

生まれて、まぐわって、子らにつなげる

我らの原罪を問うために。

でも、また来ても言い返すよ。あたしは。

あたしは、人間だし、生きてるし、おっさんだから。

「いのち、ばんざい。」

■　人（カンダタさんの話）：

「カンダタ」のお話って、知ってる？

お馬ぱかぱか、愛馬の「カンタカ」君じゃないよ。

芥川龍之介くん初めての児童文学

「蜘蛛の糸」のあいつだよ。

地獄と極楽の間で宙ぶらりんのお友達。

でもさあ、この話、なんか変。

違和感マシマシ。

この話の「釈迦さん」、なんか上から目線。

切羽詰まって、焦って、失敗しちゃったカンダタさんに対し、

「浅ましい」とか「ヤレヤレ愚民は。。。」感、丸出し。

しょうがないじゃん。カンダタさんは。

生まれからして元々余裕なんかないんだし。

「糸切れちゃう！登ってこないでー！」とか、

そりゃー、言いたくなるよ。安全問題だし。

なのに、何、その、ちょっと一本釣りうまく行かなかったら、

飽きちゃって、テキトーに放り出しちゃう、投げやり感。

お腹空かせた虎さんに、我が身ぽーんと投げ出す、

釈迦牟尼本来のキャラじゃないよね。。。

大体、自分は涼しい顔して、快適な場所に居て、

面白そうな奴だけ、一本釣りとか、

衆生を救おうって気概が無いよね。

福祉事業をなめてんの？

現場に飛び込んで行って、問題解決せんのかーい！

我が身ポーンと行かんかーい！！

大体、カンダタ以外の奴らはみんな、

亡者、すなわち、アウトオブ眼中。

目覚めて、アップデートした奴にだけ、

極楽から「救済」の手を差しのべるとか、

キリスト教終末論の「携挙（けいきょ）」かよ。

救ってやるのは伴天連だけで、

ハルマゲドンで亡者／異教徒は一掃かよ。

「選民思想」臭え。

手に似合わない「水掻き」なんかを付けてでも、

なんとかして、なんとかして、漏らさず衆生を救おうってな、

大乗レスキュー「阿弥陀如来」の気概はどこ行った？

で、さあ。

このへんちくりんな違和感の話を妻にしたら、

理系にして日本文学オタクの我が妻も、

「あたしもヘンだと思ってた」とのこと。

でね。。。調べてみたの。ちょっとググって、ｗｉｋｉにて。

そしたらさぁー。パクリだって。

ドイツ生まれアメリカ籍の作家ポール・ケーラスの著作

『カルマ』収録の「The Spider-Web」が元ネタだって。

タイトルまんまじゃん。。。。しかも、この『カルマ』、

「本場モンの仏教説話を紹介」ってな本なんだけど、

「The Spider-Web」については「創作」だって。

本物に創作混ぜ混ぜ、仏教説話の捏造じゃん。

パクリとか知らんかったわー。龍之介やらかすなー。

バチモンの仏教説話とか知らんかったわー。

ポール、やらかしおったなー。

そりゃー。「ヘン」だわな。釈迦のキャラじゃないわなー。

仏じゃないじゃん。偽仏じゃん。仏罰モンだわー。

「自分ばかり地獄からぬけ出そうとするとか、

　無慈悲だわー。浅間しいわー。」とか、

「蓮の華の何とも云えない好い匂い」の

爽やかな極楽の風に吹かれて、のほほんしてる

偽仏のてめぇこそ、文句言える立場？？

「どうでも良いわー。平等に地獄に落ちればー。」

とか、なにその「タワマン文学」。

「瞑想」じゃなくて、「マインドフルネス」、

「ヨガ」じゃなくて、「ピラティス」とか、

言い出すんじゃないの？

あらまー！「カッコイイ消費者」ですことっ！！

「丁寧な暮らし」ねっっ！！！

美しい、大きな銀色の摩天楼から見下ろしてる

虚業の小金持ちみたい。

カンダタ君もさあ、

タワマン野郎に「いいね！」とか声かけられて、

「一歩抜け出すチャンス！！」とか

調子に乗るの止めようよ。。

良いことないって。。

あいつらさあ、ペットか番犬探しているだけだから。

カワイソウな順か、カワイイ順に声掛けてるだけだから。

カワイソウな奴に餌やると「徳」を積めるし。

「徳」＝「信用」＝「クレジット」＝「通貨」だから、

儲かんのよ。「カワイソウなペット」を飼うと。

大体、地獄って、年季を勤め上げると、

生前よりちょっとは良いステージに行けるし、

学校みたいなもんじゃん。

周りにいる奴らもカンダタ君と似たようなもんで、

みんな生前、色々苦労してるし、

タワマン野郎よりずっと共感できるじゃん。

鬼だって学校の先生みたいなもんで、

死なないように注意して、君を鍛えてくれてるだけで、

ちゃんと良く見てくれてんじゃん、君のこと。

ウエメセのタワマン野郎よりずっと。

ヘンな上昇志向に捕らわれて、痛い目見るより、

実直に自分の手で、地に足付いたコトをしようよ。

そうだ。友達を作りなよ。愛する人を作りな。

出来たら家族になって、子供を育てなよ。

老いて子供がもう無理なら、若い者を応援しなよ。

虚業で浮いてるタワマンの偽仏よりずっと良いよ。

地に足を付けて生きるってことだよ。

だから、「ぢごく」で結構。大「地」の「極」み。

だから、おっちゃんは叫ぶよ。

「いのち、ばんざい。」

■　地（生き物の話）：

やあ、こんにちわ。僕らの名前は「オピストコンタ」。

「尻尾が後ろ」って意味だよ。

人間の精子みたいな形なんだ。

キノコとか、ツボカビとかの菌類と、

人間とか、魚やミミズ、トンボなんかの多細胞の動物を

ザックリ含んだフレンズさ。

襟鞭毛虫なんかのちっこい奴らも僕らの仲間さ。

世の中、僕ら「オピストコンタ」だけじゃなくって、

色んなフレンズがいるよ。

土の中にも、蓮のお池の中にも、地べたの上にも。

「真核生物」に限っても色々いるよ。

「オピストコンタ」の兄弟分「アメーバ動物」

草花や樹木とかを含むフレンズの「アーケプラスチダ」

昆布とか珪藻とかのフレンズの「ストラメノパイル」

ゾウリムシとかのお友達「アルベオラータ」

有孔虫、放散虫のフレンズ「リザリア」

ミドリムシとか光合成する奴もいる「エクスカバータ」

「クリプト植物」とか「ハプト植物」とか「太陽虫」

「真核」じゃなくて、「原核」だけど、細菌も色々。

シアノバクテリア（藍藻）とかを含むフレンズ。

美しい、大きな銀色の鏡胴を持つ顕微鏡で、

小さな水滴に閉じ込められた彼らを、上から覗き込むと、

色んなフレンズが、わちゃわちゃ、わちゃわちゃ、してて、

本当に、本当に、面白いよ。例えば、

放置しちゃった植木鉢の雑草の中。

劣化したプランターの壁面。

ジメジメ湿った苔の上。

蓮のお池の水の中。

只の水溜まり。

蟻の行列。

蝸牛。

藻。

蝶や蛾。

ダンゴ虫。

マルトビムシ。

苔の子実体の森の中。

くるくる回るミズヒラタムシ。

慌てて席取りをするクラミドモナス。

巨大なミジンコの屍骸を喰らう原生動物。

ほとんどが単細胞で、小さくて、単純なはずの生き物が、

くるくる踊ったり、パクパク食べたり、

ぶつかってビックリしたり、キョロキョロあちこち覗き込んだり、

居場所を見つけたり、喧嘩したり、慌てて逃げまどったり。

多細胞生物ではなく、ただの「群体」に過ぎないのに、

喧嘩せずにお互いしっかり体をつないで、

くるくるくるくる泳ぐ、ヒゲマワリ（ボルボックス）やシヌラ。

動物じゃないと思っていたら、

意外とクネクネ、クルクル、活発に動く、シアノバクテリア。

小舟みたいに、スイスイ走り回る、小さな小さな珪藻たち。

独立した多細胞生物のはずなのに、

まるで一個の生き物のように合体してしまうイトヒメウズムシ。

それに、なにより面白いのは、

ご先祖の「古細菌」から、ずっと昔に枝分かれして、

お互い全然違う見た目や、違う生き方をしている

遠く離れたフレンズたちのはずなのに、

みんな、みんな、わちゃわちゃ、わちゃわちゃ、わちゃわちゃ、

ぶつかり合ったり、喧嘩したり、身を寄せ合ったり、協力したり、

まぐわり、接合して、次世代を作ったりすること。

知ってる？生物の世界において、

「成体（アダルト）」とは、「生殖可能となった個体」という意味。

子供を作るのが「おとな」なのさ。

・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・

ちょっと違う話をするよ。「シン・ウルトラマン」って映画の話。

その映画の中で、ウルトラマンは、頭の先からつま先まで、

均質な物体で出来た、微細構造を持たない完全体とされる。

「一にして全、全にして一」な完全な個体。ほぼ神。

当然、マンガ「はたらく細胞」みたいに

わちゃわちゃ、わちゃわちゃ、協力し合う、

たくさんの細胞を持つ「多細胞生物」ではない。

理念、思想の固まり、孤高で単一の「思念体」。

外宇宙から来た、美しい、大きな銀色の飛行体。

よって、本質的に「個と個の（細胞）間の協力」は、

その身体自身に内在せず、

「バディー（仲間）」の意味がまったく分からない。

（映画では、故郷は「光の星」。国家は無い。）

（彼は人類と同種のものから進化した存在。）

彼は弥勒菩薩の様に完全な美（統一感）の化身だが、

無関係の子供を助けて死んだ男のことが分からない。

進化の最果てに居る彼には、「仲間」の意味が思い出せない。

遠い未来に来迎する弥勒菩薩の様なポーズをとって、

死んだ男の姿を掌に、森の中で悩み続ける。

覚えていたが、今は忘却した何かを思い出そうとして。

強くて、全知で、大きくて、けれど孤高のウルトラマンには、

起動してしまったゼットンを止める術が分からない。

なのに、弱くて、無知で、小さくて、愚かな人間たちは、

ぶつかり合ったり、協力したり、怒ったり、信じあったり、

ドキドキしたり、お尻パンパン気合を入れたり、

わちゃわちゃ、わちゃわちゃ、わちゃわちゃ、

ゼットンを止める解決策を見つけ出す。

上から目線の外星人たちには出来なかったことを、

小さな「はたらく細胞」みたいな人間たちが成し遂げる。

ＶＲゴーグルを付けての独り言、虚空に手をブンブン、

滑稽で、とっても格好悪いけれど。

・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・

ずっとずっと昔に進化の枝分かれをする前から、その後も、

地べたに這いつくばって生きる「いのち」の本質は、

わちゃわちゃ、わちゃわちゃ、わちゃわちゃ、

ぶつかり合ったり、喧嘩したり、食べ合ったり、

身を寄せ合ったり、協力したり、

まぐわって、子供を作ったり、育てたりしながら、

「なんとか必死に次につなげ続けること」なんだろう。

人間も明確に動物だし、生き物だし、「いのち」。

だから、おっさんは、勇気を出して、ベタなこと言うよ。

わたしは、一人の息子の父親だから。

ショーペンハウアーとか、シオランとか、ベネターとか、

そんな馬鹿どもの言うこと知るか。五月蠅い。

「いのち、ばんざい。」

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